You Came at the Wrong Time / The End of the Myth

"You..."

Bianca gestured wildly for a long time without managing to utter a single word. She seemed to want to vehemently refute something, but Lin's calm and nonchalant expression made her unsure whether to refute him or not.

She forgot one thing: Rita often mentioned the word "tsundere" to her, which was actually used to describe her.

Bianca is straightforward and adept at using violence to punish violence. Her results-oriented mindset often leads her to resort to force.

However, when it comes to matters of the heart, she is completely easily teased by Rita, showing none of the heroic spirit of the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal.

It's mostly on these kinds of occasions that we see her girlish side.

So the result of this is...

"Scum Mushroom!" she shouted in embarrassment.

"Whoosh!"

"Huh?"

When Bianca came to her senses, she was already pinned to the ground, her gorgeous long hair spread out beneath her, and the distant red sunset glowed warmly and dazzlingly in her peripheral vision.

The sound of breathing was very close to her; the breath pattered against her face, arousing warmth on her skin and a rapid heartbeat.

What happened?

Lin's face remained unchanged, calm, even though he was standing close to her. One of his arms was around Bianca's waist, while the other was on the ground next to her head.

Is he going to make a move on her?

Bianca, push him away...

The girl placed her hands on Lin's chest. With her superhuman strength, she could easily send Lin flying with a simple push. That was what she wanted to do, to teach the scoundrel a lesson.

But when she placed her hands on Lin, she felt all her strength drain away. Her eyes were glazed as she gently pushed him away, as if she were trying to resist.

She murmured softly, "I... I'm covered in sweat... I smell awful..."

"... Let me smell it."

"Ooh~"

As Lin's face drew closer, Bianca bit her lower lip, her grip tightening, and shyly turned her head away, revealing her fair collarbone and graceful, slender neck.

She had secretly smelled him before, and now she was just making it up to him—yes, just making it up to him...

Chapter Fifty-Four: The Timing Was Wrong

When Lin leaned closer, Bianca closed her eyes, tensed up, and didn't dare to breathe.

She felt the warm, moist breath pattering against her collarbone, seeping into her clothes through the gap in her training vest. The tingling sensation and the faint fragrance emanating from Lin's body made her movements even weaker, her jade-like body lying down as if she were languidly moving her delicate neck.

"..."

Lin sniffed, frowned, and took a deep breath.

Has your sense of smell returned? No.

But he did "smell" a peculiar scent emanating from Bianca's body... and the scent didn't intensify as he got closer.

So... this isn't something you can smell? It's a kind of odor-like fluctuation? Energy?

It feels more like pheromones or, rather, marking?

Bianca had no idea what Lin was thinking. All she knew was that Lin's arms were tightening around her, and she was pressed against him, feeling dizzy and disoriented, as if her brain was boiling over. She couldn't think of anything, and all she felt was how weak her body was...

Her breath traveled up her collarbone, just like she used to smell... Did she smell nice? But shouldn't she smell like sweat now?

Lin's breathing remained steady, but her breathing had become rapid, and her body temperature was rising quickly. This direct sensation made her mind even more confused.

No, this can't go on...

Bianca's dreamy blue eyes were clouded with mist. She was acting strangely, just as strangely as when she had secretly sniffed Lin's scent. If this continued, she would lose control.

She put all her strength into it, pushing Lin's shoulder with her hand, enough to knock him over.

Suddenly, Lin bit her neck, without using force, just gently leaving a tooth mark.

"Hmm~"

A tingling, electric-like sensation coursed through her body, instantly dissipating the energy she had just mustered. The girl lay limply on the ground, her chest heaving violently, her eyes bloodshot, like a helpless little rabbit at the mercy of others.

Lin spoke slowly in her ear, "You..."

"Looks like I've come at the wrong time?"

It was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over their heads. The two of them turned to look at the newcomer at the same time. She was carrying a change of clothes, groceries, milk, and coffee, and she looked meaningfully at the two people who were practically hugging each other.

Lin looked at Rita silently. He remembered that he had asked Rita to bring him a change of clothes that morning.

Rita smiled slightly, put down what she was holding, then walked back gracefully with her hands behind her back and her long hair flowing. "Then I won't disturb you two any longer, please continue."

Lin watched Rita disappear into the darkness before taking another deep breath and saying to Bianca, whose face was still shrouded in shadow, "Then let's continue..."

"Keep going, you big dummy!"

"Bang!"

With tears in her eyes, Bianca slapped him across the chest. Lin felt as if he had been punched by a Titan, and he was sent flying more than a hundred meters before crashing into the wreckage of the mech.

Lin struggled to crawl out from among the wires and parts, and he seemed to have just heard a miserable scream coming from his own ill-fated chest.

Two... no, three ribs were broken.

Bianca's arrival in this World Bubble is shrouded in mystery. Not only her, but also the way and reasons for the arrival of everyone else in the World Bubble, except for the earliest Einstein and the Armed Puppet, are full of mysteries.

After encountering Yan Luo, Mr. Lin always felt that the events he encountered were not coincidences, but rather preordained.

The Honkai has become secondary; he now seems to be standing on a chessboard, where "fate," which Aponia once mentioned, extends its finger and slowly manipulates him.

Who is the enemy? He can't see clearly.

Lin sat silently by the fire, adding milk to his coffee. Bianca was a good five meters away from him, her eyes wary of him as if facing a formidable enemy, ready to punch him into the ground if he dared to pounce.

He picked up his coffee, and that single gesture made Bianca clench her fists; it seemed the events of the evening had left her somewhat traumatized.

Besides glaring angrily at Lin, she was also inwardly blaming herself for being so compliant back then.

Lin glanced at her casually. Under the quiet moonlight, the girl sat on the ground with one fist clenched behind her back and the other hand covering the bite mark on her neck, glaring at him menacingly. She could indeed smash a huge crater in a kilometer radius with one punch, but at this moment she looked as cute as a cat with its fur standing on end.

He picked up his coffee and milk and stood up. Bianca immediately went into battle mode, her beautiful eyes fixed on his every move.

Lin walked over to Bianca, stood right in front of her, and handed her the coffee. "Here you go."

"I won't drink it, you put medicine in it."

"..."

Lin Mo took a sip, indicating that there was nothing in it.

"You have the antidote."

"..."

"Don't come any closer, you probably have inhalation poison on you too."

Lin seemed to have caused an unnecessary misunderstanding, so he explained calmly, "That was a misunderstanding."

"What misunderstanding?" Bianca asked with a cold smile.

"Don't worry, you don't smell bad, you smell great, and licking you feels..."

"Bang!"

The knight's greatsword crashed down beside Lin, spilling his coffee all over the ground. He glanced at it and figured that if it had been a few centimeters off course, he would probably have been driven into the ground like a nail.

Lin wisely shut his mouth and went back to the fire to brew the next cup of coffee.

Bianca had markings made by other "people" on her body, which he didn't quite know how to explain. It was as if animals of the same species had a special way of communicating, like ants using their antennae to transmit information. Lin seemed to vaguely sense some kind of information.

Of course, taking a bite was unnecessary; it was purely out of interest after he noticed Bianca's reaction.

Listening to the gentle gurgling of the boiling water, tonight is another peaceful night.

Lin's silver hair was extremely conspicuous even in the night. He closed his eyes and recalled the cloaked man's so-called "divine essence". If the man was not lying and could control Honkai Energy and give it extended characteristics, how did he, as a human, do it?

Lin has Pseudo-Herrscher Core within him, so controlling Honkai Energy wouldn't be difficult, but he doesn't intend to do so.

Using the power of the Pseudo-Herrscher Core is to use Magic Bullet, and when the last shot is fired, it hits what he wanted to protect.

Those Prismatic Eyes, still deep within her consciousness, relentlessly searched for an opportunity.

With his mind focused, Lin recalled the feeling of manipulating Honkai Energy that he had used in his battle with Yan Luo.

Since it's not relying on Honkai Energy within the body, try controlling the Honkai Energy outside the body. Imagine the body as a net bridge, allowing the surrounding Honkai Energy to pass through without stopping, and use it in any way you want...

Chapter Fifty-Five: The End of the Myth

Manipulating Honkai Energy sounds simple, but it's actually very difficult.

Can anyone imagine how they would fly if they had wings? How would they control two extra arms?

Manipulating an energy source you've never encountered before is no different from manipulating a newly grown organ; it's clearly unlikely that Lin can achieve this without using the Pseudo-Herrscher Core.

Whether it's Flame-Chaser or Herrscher, their ability to control Honkai Energy is equivalent to having an external organ that they can control autonomously, something that people without can't even imagine.

Lin reached out his hand, attempting to gather Honkai Energy, just like the Herrscher, treating Honkai Energy as a form of energy that could be used for attack.

Light and heat...

In the long silence, he maintained his posture, feeling nothing, but a fine layer of cold sweat seeped from his face and hands. He still couldn't transform the Honkai Energy into the form he wanted.

It can't even do the most basic thing like calling upon the surrounding Honkai Energy.

"What are you doing?"

Lin opened his eyes and saw Bianca looking at him suspiciously as he made strange gestures with his empty hands.

Lin calmly replied, "Cultivation."

Bianca for a few seconds. "Manipulate Honkai Energy?"

Lin Mo silently looked at Bianca. He had never seen Bianca use Honkai Energy autonomously before. The tall armor phantom was the ability of her armor, and the super strength was the enhancement of her body.

"The Holy Sword Durandal is essentially a supercomputer of Previous Civilization... that is, your Firemoth. Its control unit is inside my body, which can help me calculate and control Honkai Energy, like this."

Bianca snapped her fingers, and a bolt of lightning flashed across her fingertips.

"... Teach me."

"No."

"..."

Bianca, hands tucked into her sleeves, smiled slyly, seemingly pleased with herself for turning the tables on him.

Lin sighed expressionlessly, then he pushed himself up with one hand and stood up.

The girl tossed her blonde hair, a smile playing on her exquisitely sculpted face. She wasn't afraid of Lin Baoqi; anyone who could settle things with their fists was no problem for her.

She was in a bad mood, so she could beat up the culprit.

The man walked across the lawn, and in the night breeze, he approached the girl. His deep pupils reflected the girl's delicate face.

"I like you."

"..."

"..."

"Ah... ah?"

It took Bianca thirteen seconds to piece together the meaning of Lin's sudden words.

She trembled all over, her eyes darted around aimlessly in their sockets, and her hands waved erratically in the air, unsure of what to do with them.

She looked like she could faint at any moment.

"You, you, you, you..."

"You wouldn't refuse a request from someone who likes you, would you?"

Lin wasn't lying; he genuinely liked the girl and would show her some of his "interest," finding it quite amusing to tease her.

Bianca wasn't oblivious; it's just that there's a saying, "To the very end is to be stupid," and she was probably that type of person.